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Box 44

 Container

Contains 7 Collections and/or Records:

Eugene A. Cernan papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 288
Scope and Contents The Eugene A. Cernan papers document the military, aeronautics, and astronautics career of Eugene A. Cernan, as well as his subsequent professional and public activities. The papers also feature records pertaining to Cernan's youth, family, and education. The collection includes but is not limited to artifacts, audiovisual recordings, awards, books, certificates, coins, correspondence, documents, mission patches, newspaper clippings, photographs, plaques, publications, scrapbooks, speeches,...
Dates: 1934 - 2016; Majority of material found within 1956 - 2012

Correspondence, 1963 - 2016

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 288, Series 5
Scope and Contents This series contains multiple forms of correspondence related to Cernan's life since his selection to become an astronaut. Subjects include Cernan's selection for NASA's Manned Spaceflight Program, congratulatory letters and telegrams related to Cernan's career as an astronaut, photographs, Cernan's post-NASA activities, and his autobiography, The Last Man on the Moon. Correspondents regularly include notable NASA officials, politicians, and celebrities and are noted in the finding...
Dates: 1963 - 2016

General correspondence, 1964 - 2016

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 288, Series 5, Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents The folder titles in quotes are as Cernan had labeled them. Much of the general correspondence involves fellow astronauts and their wives, Russian cosmonauts, several presidents, and various politicians. Also found among the correspondence, are letters in regards to the development of the Purdue University Flight and Space Exploration Archives, and Cernan's and Barron Hilton's role in its development.
Dates: 1964 - 2016

Correspondence in regards to other's books which Cernan played a part, 1987 - 1994

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 288, Series 5, Sub-Series 3, File 14
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The folder titles in quotes are as Cernan had labeled them. Much of the general correspondence involves fellow astronauts and their wives, Russian cosmonauts, several presidents, and various politicians. Also found among the correspondence, are letters in regards to the development of the Purdue University Flight and Space Exploration Archives, and Cernan's and Barron Hilton's role in its development.
Dates: 1987 - 1994

Business related and miscellaneous, 1985 - 2016

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSA 288, Series 5, Sub-Series 3, File 16
Scope and Contents Includes some Phi Gamma Delta and other Purdue related correspondence.
Dates: 1985 - 2016

Honorable Daniel S. Goldin, Administrator, NASA Headquarters, 2001

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSA 288, Series 5, Sub-Series 3, File 17
Scope and Contents Cernan's thoughts and support of continued space exploration in the 21st century, sent to Goldin in 2001.
Dates: 2001

Correspondence sent to Purdue President Mitch E. Daniels, Jr., March 15, 2013

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSA 288, Series 5, Sub-Series 3, File 19
Scope and Contents This correspondence is related to Cernan's, Neil Armstrong's and Jim Lovell's testimonials in front of Congress (NASA 2011 budget).
Dates: March 15, 2013